Introduction: We have recently characterized the mineralogy and petrography of ~ 100 CAIs from ~20 R chondrites [1]. Here we report O-isotope compositions of ten R CAIs and Mg-isotope composition of three hibonite-bearing CAIs: H030

Formation elastic properties near a borehole may be altered from their original state due to the stress concentration around the borehole. This could lead to a biased estimation of formation elastic properties measured from sonic logging data. To study the effect of stress concentration around a borehole on sonic logging, we first use an iterative approach, which combines a rock physics model a...

Access to clean water for drinking and sanitation is a human right. Today water scarcity is a large problem and inequality in access to safe water is a striking truth. In Mozambique, the US foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation introduced the Rural Water Point Installation Program to increase access to safe water and sanitation – a step towards reducing poverty. 600 water points –...

CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 Why Three-Dimensional Plume Delineation is Necessary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 Measurement of Vertical Hydraulic Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814 One Time Sampling versus P...

Microbial activity patterns at buried coal-tar disposal sites have been under investigation for several years to determine the response of naturally occurring microflora to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at the sites. At one site in upstate New York, data have shown enrichment of PAH-degrading bacteria in subsurface contaminated zones but not in uncontaminated zones. Similar work at a ...

The correct design of a borehole heat exchanger (BHE) system implies the accurate knowledge of borehole and ground thermal properties, the correct evaluation of building heating or cooling demands and the correct procedure to assess the final overall BHE length related to BHE configuration shape. A careful design is required to make profitable payback plans and provide expected long time perfor...

There is growing interest in developing a three-dimensional (3-D) inversion and imaging technique from a single borehole. This problem can be solved by using tensor (multi-component) induction welllogging – TIWL. This method was originally introduced to resolve formation anisotropy. However, it was demonstrated in several publications that the TIWL instrument has sensitivity to 3-D conductivity...

An integrated suite of geophysical methods was used to characterize the hydrogeology of a fractured-rock aquifer to identify contamination or pathways for contaminant migration near a former landfill at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. Surface-geophysical methods were used to identify the dominant direction of fracture orientation and to locate potential leachate plumes. Two ...

Interpolated contour maps drawn for aluminum, copper and molybdenum in downstream monitoring boreholes of water dam in Miduk Copper Complex and the values of pH, redox potential (Eh) and distance from water dam indicate different trends of variation and behavior of these three elements in downward groundwater resources. As these maps exhibit, aluminum is dominant in the most alkaline (pH = 9-11...